From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 26 14:03:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6351065675; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:03:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A4868FC1D; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:03:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3QE3rT4085520; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:03:53 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from hrs@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n3QE3rpI085519; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:03:53 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <200904261403.n3QE3rpI085519@svn.freebsd.org> From: Hiroki Sato Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:03:53 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-releng@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: releng MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r191521 - releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:03:53 -0000 Author: hrs Date: Sun Apr 26 14:03:52 2009 New Revision: 191521 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191521 Log: Update release notes: FREEBSD32 syscall translation layer now supports addition/removal of syscall from kernel module, VFS_AIO syscalls added to FREEBSD32, ktr(4) new tracepoint for callout added, cpufreq(4) hw.est.msr_info added, kern.timecounter.invariant_tsc for i386 and amd64 added, vfs.lookup_shared improvement and removal of LOOKUP_SHARED option, and netstat(1) -ss for icmp6 section fixed. Approved by: re (implicit) Modified: releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Modified: releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Sun Apr 26 10:12:20 2009 (r191520) +++ releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Sun Apr 26 14:03:52 2009 (r191521) @@ -216,6 +216,18 @@ to 3.6GB. Note that the ceiling as a fraction of the kernel map size rather than an absolute quantity. + The &man.kld.4; now supports installing 32-bit system + call to the &os; system call translation layer from kernel + modules. + + The &os; 32-bit system call translation layer now + supports installing 32-bit system calls for + VFS_AIO. + + The &man.ktr.4; now supports a new KTR tracepoint in the + KTR_CALLOUT class to note when a callout + routine finishes executing. + Boot Loader Changes @@ -248,6 +260,20 @@ information, read/write machine specific registers (MSR) and perform CPU firmware updates. + The &man.cpufreq.4; driver now supports a + hw.est.msr_info loader tunable. When + this set to 1, it attempts to build a + simple list containing just the high and low frequencies if + it cannot obtain a frequency list from either ACPI or the + static tables. This is disabled by default. + + CPU frequency change notifiers are now + disabled when the TSC is P-state invariant. Also, a new + loader tunable + kern.timecounter.invariant_tsc has been + added to force this behavior by setting it to + non-zero. + Multimedia Support @@ -337,7 +363,13 @@ File Systems - + The shared vnode locking for pathname lookups in + &man.VFS.9; subsystem has been improved. This is disabled + by default. Setting a sysctl variable + vfs.lookup_shared to 1 + enables it for better performance. Note that the + LOOKUP_SHARED equivalent to the sysctl + variable kernel option has been removed. @@ -373,6 +405,10 @@ &prompt.user; netstat -m -N foo + A bug in the &man.netstat.1; utility has been fixed. The + now works in the icmp6 section as + expected. + The &man.powerd.8; program has been improved. Changes include reasonable CPU load estimation on SMP systems and a new mode named as hiadaptive for AC-powered